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| Information Literacy: The Perils Of Online Research | ||||||||
 In a world of information overload, information literacy has become a survival skill. But what exactly does information literacy mean? This video provides specific advice and techniques to utilize in becoming literate in using online sources as reference and research material. Additionally, this video reviews how and why students misuse online sources and the potential consequences of doing so. Through viewing this video, students will explore the scope of the information available to them online, how to search it with more precision for successful results, the types of questions that online data can answer, how to properly incorporate and credit material used for academic purposes, and the possible repercussions for failing to behave with integrity while utilizing the Internet. After viewing the video, students will know why Internet information literacy is important, how to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in this competency, and its benefits both in school and beyond. In this video, viewers meet peers, teachers, and professors who cover the concept of information literacy. Students explain how they make use of the Internet and the challenges they have faced while doing so, but also connect the advice and instruction of the adults in the video to improving their searching and citations and avoiding plagiarism. This video points viewers towards useful reference and instructional sites on the Web, and also provides criteria for evaluating the credibility and accuracy of information found online. Viewers also learn exactly what can constitute plagiarism, and hear a firsthand example of a college professor discovering and dealing with an academically dishonest student. After watching this video, viewers should have the knowledge and skills needed to begin using the Internet precisely and responsibly to yield desired information. This video reviews credible online reference sites, and demonstrates sample queries that achieve meaningful search results. Equally as important, the video highlights the ease of and danger in using the trove of online information available in a faulty or dishonest manner. The deliberate act of plagiarism, as well as the often more confusing questions of how to find, use, and cite quality data, are covered with clarity. At the video's conclusion, viewers should not only understand the type and scope of information available online and the basic skills needed to access it effectively, they should be very clear on why these skills are important and how the misunderstanding and misuse of them can result in serious and negative consequences. Most importantly, this video should convince its audience of the importance of possessing information literacy in a day and age when academic, personal, community, and consumer success often depends on it. With a focus on the Internet, this video explains how to conduct solid online research by collecting information in an organized, efficient, and ethical way. | ||||||||
| Chapter List: 1. Information Literacy: What is It? 2. Using the Web 3. Abusing the Web 4. Information Literacy: The Rewards 5. Words of Wisdom | ||||||||
| Running Time: 21 mins | ||||||||
| Age Range: 14 years - Adult | ||||||||
| Year of Production: 2006 | ||||||||
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